Seniors With Dementia
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Seniors With Dementia Can Still Access Memory To Give Advice
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=47546&nfid=crss
Dementia may rob an older person of memory and focus, but the ability
to offer timeless advice about life's big questions seems to be
preserved, according to Florida State University researchers.Me
doctor's office.
The Doctor asks "What is three times three?"
The first man answers "274."
The second man answers "Tuesday."
The third man answers "Nine."
The doctor pleasantly surprised at the third man's
correct response, inquires "Great! How did you get that
answer?"
"Simple. Just subtract 274 from Tuesday."
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complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
replacement.
The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day
and has a time booked for surgery the following week.
The second sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets
an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month, and finally has his
surgery scheduled for six months from then. Why the different treatment
for the two patients?
The first is a Golden Retriever..... The second is a Senior Citizen....
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If you upset her even more you get the silent treatment.
Don't you think it's worth the extra effort?
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four-year old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was
blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table.
But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating
difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped
the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.
The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. "We must do
something about father," said the son. "I've had enough of his spilled
milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor." So the husband and wife set
a small table in the corner. There, Grandfather ate alone while the
rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since Grandfather had broken a dish
or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. When the family glanced
in Grandfather's direction, sometime he had a tear in his eye as he sat
alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp
admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food.
The four-year-old watched it all in silence.One evening before supper,
the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He
asked the child sweetly, "What are you making?"Just as sweetly, the boy
responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat your
food in when I grow up." The four-year- old smiled and went back to
work.
The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then tears
started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both
knew what must be done. That evening the husband took Grandfather's
hand and gently led him back to the family table. For the remainder of
his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason,
neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was
dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.
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every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas'".
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4 years old - My mom and dad can do anything!
8 years old - My mom and dad know a lot! A whole lot!
12 years old - My mom and dad don't really know everything.
14 years old - Naturally, mom and dad don't know that either.
16 years old - Mom and dad? They're hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 years old - Those old fogies? They're way out of date!
25 years old - Well, they might know a little bit about it.
35 years old - Before we decide, let's get mom's and dad's opinion.
45 years old - Let's go down the hallway and ask mom and dad what they
think.
55 years old - Wonder what mom and dad would have thought...
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of our parents and then later on in our life when we are oppressed by
sickness and become old, we are again dependent on the kindness of
others. Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent
on other's kindness, how can it be that in the middle we neglect
kindness toward others?